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Friday, February 3, 2012

I'm Back!

Natty made me a Welcome Home sign...hee hee! And got me a really cool terrarium, too.

Napa is so charming! Julia and I walked here on my last night, on our way to dinner at.....

.....Morimoto's Restaurant, where I had the best meal of my life. (And cocktail, made with vanilla vodka, lime juice and pomegranate juice). This dish is called bagna cauda. It had a hot olive oil dipping sauce made with anchovies, surrounded by beautiful vegetables. Heaven!

Super quickie reading update......

**Read Mystic Ink, the debut novel by Casey Wyatt, and I loved it! It's a mish-mash of mythology, romance and suspense. Extremely well-written, with a super-sexy and adorable hero. Can't wait to read the next one.

**Read Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook. This steampunk was okay. Not nearly as good as the first one in the series (The Iron Duke), but it kept me entertained on my airplane ride home.

**Did a quickie re-read of Christine Feehan's Predatory Game on the flight home. This is one of my favorite Ghostwalker books, with a handicapped hero in a wheelchair.

**Read Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley on the flight over to California. This book is crazy and all over the place. I couldn't decide if it was written by a teenage girl (pages of clothes and make-up descriptions, cussing out the wazoo, and poor writing, especially at the beginning), by a murderous biker dude (over the top serial killer storyline), or a romance-lover (exceptional hero....with an exceptional beard!). But after all was said and done, I freakin' loved it (coz I love wacky stuff, as you know).

8 comments:

Thanks for including all of us in your journey to see the lovely Julia! And thank you so much for recommending my book. I am truly thrilled you enjoyed it. You've also inspired me to get busy writing Zephyr's book. :o)

That is a great pic! Makes me want to go back and eat that same meal all over again. Yum! You make Napa look so very good. It's not all peaches and cream, you know! But I did love seeing it through your fresh eyes.Yes, you did get a lot of reading done. I sent you home with books too.Like I said, when I can wrestle my husband's Kindle away from him, I can read Casey's book - really looking forward to it!Miss you and give Natty a big kiss for the wonderful welcome home sign. That girl has a future!